Chinese Recipes - Shredded Tofu-Chill Beef Recipe

  
 

Chinese Beef Recipes - Shredded Tofu-Chill Beef Recipe

Ingredients

  • 225 g/8 oz lean beef, chopped

  • 1 egg white

  • 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp sesame oil

  • 5 ml/1 tsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

  • pinch of salt

  • 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup groundnut (peanut) oil

  • 100 g/4 oz dried tofu, cut into strips

  • 5 red chili peppers, cut into strips

  • 15 ml/1 tbsp water

  • 1 slice ginger root, chopped

  • 10 ml/2 tsp soy sauce

Method:

  1. Mix the beef with the egg white, half the sesame oil, the corn-flour and salt.

  2. Heat the oil and stir-fry the beef until almost cooked. Remove from the pan. Add the tofu to the pan and stir-fry for 2 minutes then remove from the pan.

  3. Add the chili peppers and stir-fry for 1 minute. Return the tofu to the pan with the water, ginger and soy sauce and stir well.

  4. Add the beef and stir-fry until well blended. Serve sprinkled with the remaining sesame oil.